I picked up a new puller for removing the left crank on Campagnolo Power Torque cranks.
↑The tip section needs some modification,
but it can be used as a Power Torque puller.
Later-model Power Torque cranks (Power Torque Plus specification) like the 2017 Potenza 11
feature one-key release, so a puller isn't necessary.
The 2018 Potenza 11 and new Centaur use Ultra-Torque,
so this tool isn't needed for those either.
So, this is my first time replacing one (second time buying),
but I probably won't use this tool much going forward.
On a related note, Campagnolo has an "OverTorque" crank standard
(2014 onwards) that they'd probably rather forget ever existed.
OverTorque cranks have been discontinued from their catalog, and
starting in 2017, the dedicated removal tool for it
has also disappeared from the spare parts catalog.
This tool is called an "Amateur Bearing Puller,"
and if Amateur (アマチュア) really meant "amateur" as in a layperson,
it would contradict the "Professional Grade" label on the top right.
However, Amateur here doesn't mean layperson.
Since they're omitting the long vowel mark the way they write "puller" as "pular,"
it's confusing, but it actually refers to the armature.
In fact, the illustration on the back of the package shows
an armature bearing being extracted from an armature coil,
but in the text they've misspelled armature
as "amateuR" (amateur),
so now I'm getting suspicious again.
Which is it, really?
↑The tip section needs some modification,
but it can be used as a Power Torque puller.
Later-model Power Torque cranks (Power Torque Plus specification) like the 2017 Potenza 11
feature one-key release, so a puller isn't necessary.
The 2018 Potenza 11 and new Centaur use Ultra-Torque,
so this tool isn't needed for those either.
So, this is my first time replacing one (second time buying),
but I probably won't use this tool much going forward.
On a related note, Campagnolo has an "OverTorque" crank standard
(2014 onwards) that they'd probably rather forget ever existed.
OverTorque cranks have been discontinued from their catalog, and
starting in 2017, the dedicated removal tool for it
has also disappeared from the spare parts catalog.
This tool is called an "Amateur Bearing Puller,"
and if Amateur (アマチュア) really meant "amateur" as in a layperson,
it would contradict the "Professional Grade" label on the top right.
However, Amateur here doesn't mean layperson.
Since they're omitting the long vowel mark the way they write "puller" as "pular,"
it's confusing, but it actually refers to the armature.
In fact, the illustration on the back of the package shows
an armature bearing being extracted from an armature coil,
but in the text they've misspelled armature
as "amateuR" (amateur),
so now I'm getting suspicious again.
Which is it, really?